Your Daily Reprieve 06.17.25

Your Daily Reprieve for Tuesday June 17, 2025

From Waynesville, NC

The unfortunate thing about this world is

that good habits are so much easier to give up than bad ones.

-Somerset Maugham

“There will always be people in the Fellowship

with whom I don’t see eye-to-eye,

but that doesn’t mean we can’t work together.

The Fellowship wouldn’t be what it is today

if we always saw eye-to-eye on everything.”

~Goffstown, New Hampshire, September 1994

I think what we are all really seeking

is a living and healthy tradition,

something that isn’t just about words or arguments,

but that is about life in all its fullness and about

deep, deep love—a love for this earth,

a love for each other, and a love for God

who we experience both within us and all around us.
—Brian McLaren

To love is to place our happiness

in the happiness of another.

-Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz

Big Book Quote

I admitted for the first time that of myself I was nothing; that without Him I was lost.

P13

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6/19 Jack D. …..32

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6/19 Sandy S. (Toccoa, GA)…..12

6/20 Joe R. (Ridgewood, NJ)…..19

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6/23 Edele …..12

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6/23 Reggie R. (Nantucket, MA)…..38

624 Annette C. (Corpus Christi, TX)…..13

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6/25 Tommy R. (Warren, NJ)…..1

6/26 Bob H. (Farmerville, LA)…..19

6/27 Jim C. (Nantucket, MA)…..18

6/27 Jim E. (Maryville, TN)…..22

6/28 Christina S. (Papillon, NE)…..4

6/30 Donna T. (Sechells, BC)…..16

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Step Four - "Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves."

Some will object to many of the questions posed, because they think their own character defects have not been so glaring. To these it can be suggested that a conscientious examination is likely to reveal the very defects the objectionable questions are concerned with. Because our surface record hasn't looked too bad, we have frequently been abashed to find that this is so simply because we have buried these self same defects deep down in us under thick layers of self-justification. Whatever the defects, they have finally ambushed us into alcoholism and misery.

pp. 53-54

Twenty-Four Hours

A.A. Thought For The Day

We in A.A. have the privilege of living two lives in one
lifetime. One life of drunkenness, failure, and defeat. Then,
through A.A., another life of sobriety, peace of mind, and
usefulness. We who have recovered our sobriety are modern
miracles. And we're living on borrowed time. Some of us might
have been dead long ago. But we have been given another chance
to live. Do I owe a debt of gratitude to A.A. that I can never
repay as long as I live?

Meditation For The Day

Thinking about God in love and worship drives away evil. It is
the thought before that the hosts of evil flee. The thought of
a Power greater than yourself is the call for a life-line to
rescue you from temptation. The thought of God banishes
loneliness and dispels gloom. It summons help to conquer your
faults. Think of God as often as possible. Use the thought
prayerfully and purposefully. It will carry your thoughts away
from material things and toward the spiritual things that make
life worthwhile.

Prayer For The Day

I pray that I may think of God often. I pray that I may rest in
peace at the thought of His love and care.

Daily Thought

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Virtues

"We of A.A. are apt sometimes to brag of the virtues of our fellowship. Let us remember that none of these are earned virtues. We have been forced into them, to begin with, by the cruel lash of John Barleycorn. We have adopted these attitudes, these practices, this structure, not at first because we wished to but because we had to. But today I think we stand willing to conform permanently and gladly to the principles which experience, under the grace of God, has taught us."
Bill W., Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age, p. 224

Thought to Consider . . .

Unless I accept my virtues, I will be overwhelmed with my faults.

*~*AACRONYMS*~*

W H O
Willingness, Honesty, Openmindedness

Daily Reflection

"DEEP DOWN WITHIN US"

We found the Great Reality deep down within us. In the last

analysis it is only there that He may be found. . . . search

diligently within yourself. . . . With this attitude you cannot

fail. The consciousness of your belief is sure to come to

you.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, p. 55

It was out of the depths of loneliness, depression and

despair that I sought the help of A.A. As I recovered and

began to face the emptiness and ruin of my life, I began to

open myself to the possibility of the healing that recovery

offers through the A.A. program. By coining to meetings,

staying sober, and taking the Steps, I had the opportunity to

listen with increasing attentiveness to the depths of my

soul. Daily I waited, in hope and gratitude, for that sure

belief and steadfast love I had longed for in my life. In this

process, I met my God, as I understand Him.

Pot Luck

Guidance

I am divinely guided in everythingI think, say, and do.

To much information comes to me through my senses. My mind is flooded with so many sensations and information, it can be overwhelming to try to make sense of it all.

When I have a decision or a choice to make, I may seek some opinions and gather information. But when I want to listen to my heart's guidance, I turn away from my busy mind and toward my heart's wisdom.

My mind quiets as external input fades. In contemplative silence, my heart opens. With patience and in trust, I wait. I may feel a whisper of guidance in those moments or I may receive it later as a nudge to go somewhere or meet someone.

I am grateful for divine guidance and the presence of God within as I move toward my highest good.

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